Go Fest Gets Musical

Along with this year's anniversary of Pokémon Go, there is the matter of the annual Pokémon Go Fest to attend to, and fortunately, all the details are already available. Like last year (see below), everyone can get in on the fun and participate wherever they may be, moreover current conditions have not yet subsided in many parts of the world. The event is similarly a two-day affair, and it will take place 10 days from now - that is, on July 17 and 18; most of those who intend to participate should have already gotten a ticket by now, especially since its price is much cheaper thanks to Google Play sponsoring the whole deal. With the proximity of the event at this point, there should be less reasons for not taking part.

The theme for this year's Pokémon Go Fest is "music", and that will be highly evident especially on the first day, which will involve a storyline of putting together a musical celebration featuring certain Pokémon that will also have specific costumes. Speaking of costumes, the event also becomes the perfect entry point for two more variants of Cosplay Pikachu, as the Pop Star and Rock Star variants. Ultimately, it also becomes the entry point for the Mythical Pokémon of Meloetta, owing to its musical relationship. Other Pokémon related to music are also due to appear in the wild on both days. To up the musical ante, Junichi Masuda as the musical maestro of Pokémon games will also have a few pieces lined up for all to enjoy. All this shows how all-out the theme is going to be.

Quite a bit of the "rundown" on both days has also been divulged for all to know. In addition to the musical story on the first day, there will also be Global Challenges with hourly bonuses like last year, with the addition of Collection Challenges similar to Pokémon Go Tour earlier this year. For a span of eight hours from 10 AM to 6 PM, there will be four hourly zones repeated twice, providing themes for the Global Challenges and Collection Challenges. Many of the Pokémon that will make this edition festive will appear in the wild and raids, with Shiny chances increased and some of them appearing with Shiny forms for the first time. Considering last year, that seems pretty standard yet still pretty festive.

On the second day, the story will be much different. The reason is because the second day will be focused on raids - Legendary raids, in fact, as it has been promised that all Legendary Pokémon that have been encountered at least once in Pokémon Go will be present. Along with a few of the remnants from Day 1 outside of raids, all the Legendary Pokémon that will appear will do so in hourly periods in similar fashion to the hourly zones from Day 1, with four periods repeated twice, again from 10 AM to 6 PM. These will be aided, certainly, by many bonuses to allow raids to occur during the time of the event. It does seem like a Raid Day that has long been absent, though it will certainly be much more than that, given the overall framework of the celebratory event.

It's been over a year since current conditions have affected the world in the ways of working and playing, and that includes the event of Pokémon Go Fest with its necessarily celebratory nature. At this point, there may still be not many reasons to celebrate, except maybe for Pokémon fans with the big anniversary of the franchise and a minor anniversary of its very popular mobile installment. At the very least, during this time, one can go back to the roots of creativity, such as by making music and celebrating ways to make music. If anything, this year's Pokémon Go Fest could be construed as a way to honor that - and so, it may be time to let the music play during this Pokémon celebration.

One year ago: Everyone's Go Fest

Two years ago: Cosplay: Konbini Anime

Three years ago: ...However Things Turn Out

Four years ago: Shiny Stories